Tablets, E-Readers in Full Flight for Air New Zealand

Airline to Lift Hand-Held Device Restrictions on Takeoff, Landing

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Air New Zealand Ltd. will allow passengers to use tablets and e-readers during all stages of a flight, reversing a lengthy ban based on concerns that electronic emissions can interfere with cockpit instruments.

In doing so, Air New Zealand will become the first airline in the Asian-Pacific region to let passengers use hand-held devices such as smartphones, tablets and e-readers from gate to gate—as long as the...